Hay and stock rack.



S. E. LAMB & A. S. TAYLOR.

HAY AND STOCK RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10, 1914.

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HAY AND STOCK RACK.

APPLICATION FILED 11116.10, 1914.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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SCOTT E. LAMB AND ALBION S. TAYLOR, OF IMLAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

HAY AND STOCK RACK.

Application filed August 10, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ScoT'r E. LAMB and ALBION S. TAYLOR, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Imlay City, in the county of Lapeer and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay and Stock Racks, of

which the following is a specification, ref-- bed or body of a wagon to safely retain stock in the wagon or support hay or other foreign products thereon.

A further object of our invention is to provide an adjustable hay and stock rack consisting of comparatively few parts that are inexpensive to manufacture, durable, easy to adjust, and highly eflicient for the purposes for which they are intended.

With the above and other objects in View the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing wherein- Figure l is a perspective View of a wagon bed or body provided with a stock rack; Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the same; Fig. 3 is an end view of a wagon bed or body showing the rack arranged for supporting hay or other matter; Fig. l is a plan of a portion of the same; Fig. 5 is a. longitudinal view of a portion of a wagon bed or body illustrating a front frame of the rack; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged crosssectional view of a portion of the wagon bed or body, illustrating a slight modification of the rack.

In describing our invention by aid of the views above referred to, we desire to point out that the same are intended as merely illustrative of an example whereby our invention may be applied in practice, and we do not care to limit ourselves to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown. The following description is there- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, EH5.

Serial No. 855,998.

fore to be broadly construed as including substitute constructions and arrangement of parts which are the obvious equivalents of those to be hereinafter referred to.

In the drawings, there is shown a wagon bed or body as having sills or bolsters 1, bottom planks 2, side Walls 3 and front and rear boards 5. The wagon bed or body is of the ordinary and well known type and as illustrated in Fig. l, the front board 4 is provided with a permanent frame comprising uprights 6 and transverse slats or rails 7. Very often this front frame is employed for supporting a drivers seat. The rear board 5 is provided with a detachable end frame or gate, comprising sets of parallel uprights 8 connected by transverse slats or rails 9. The lower ends of the uprights 8 are adapted to fit over the rear board 5 and will support the end frame or gate in a vertical position.

Spaced within the wagon bed or body against the bottom planks 2 and the side walls 3, are channel shaped adjustable bearings that can be increased or decreased in longitudinal dimension by reason of said bearings being made of sections 10 and 11 having ends thereof overlapped, slotted and adjustably connected together by bolts 12 and nuts 13 or other fastening means. This adjustment permits of the bearings being fitted in wagon beds or bodies of various widths and the outer ends of the bearings are shaped to extend over the upper edges of the side walls 3. The outer ends of the bearings are apertured and connected there to by pivot pins 14 or other pivotal connections are sets of parallel bars 15. The bars of each set are longitudinally slotted, as at 16 and connected by bolts 17 and nuts 18, said bolts retaining braces or brackets 19 between the bars of each set. The braces or brackets 19 are triangular in elevation and the altitude sides of said braces or brackets are connected by longitudinally disposed slats or rails 20 arranged in parallelism and extending throughout the length of the wagon bed or body.

The elements 15 to 20 inclusive constitute side frames and said frames are retained in a vertical position, with the ends of the slats or rails 20 engaging the ends of the slats or rails 7 and 9 of the end frames, by tie rods 21, carried by straps 22 of the end frame and extending through the ends of some of the slats or rails 20 to be held by screw threads, nuts or suitable fastening means. The rack thus formed provides a substantial cage or inclosure upon the wagon bed or frame for stock which can be tied to the rods 21 or slats or rails of the rack. Other matter than stock can be readily hauled in the inclosure and the side and end frames can be made of frame work other than that shown.

I With the side frames of the rack in a lowered'position, the base of each brace or bracket bears against the outer side of the wall 3 maintaining the side frames at an inclination to the side wall 3, as best shown in Fig. 3. To maintain the side frames in a lowered position, one or more locking bars 23 can be employed, said bars being arranged transversely of the wagon bed or body at the end frames thereof, whereby said locking bars can be connected to the end frames by bolts and nuts 24 or similar fastening means. The ends of the locking bars are adapted to extend between certain slats or rails 20 of the side frames, said slats or rails having the confronting edges thereof notched or cut away, as at 25, to receive the edges of the locking bars. The locking bars 23 add rigidity to the rack when used for supporting hay or other matter, and said locking bars can be easily slipped into position while the side frames are vertical and then said frames lowered until the bars are interlocked therewith.

As illustrated in Fig. 5, an end frame can be pivotally mounted between the walls 3 by a rod 26 passing through the lower ends of the upright 27 of said end frame. The

- lower ends of the upright can be cut away to bear against the outer side of an end board of the wagon bed or body when said end frame is at an inclination or to rest upon the upper edge of the end board while the end frame is in a vertical position. The upright 27 can be cut away, as at 28 to receive a transverse locking bar adapted to be bolted to the upright, and when said uprights are in a vertical position a tie rod can be passed through openings 29 of the uprights and connected to the side frames of the rack.

In Fig. 6 a portion of a bearing is shown as having the end thereof provided with a hook 80 or an open slot to receive a pivot pin 31 carried by the barsof the side frames. This pivotal connection permits of side frames being removed without disturbing the bearing, it being possible to use side frames of various heights according to the use of the rack.

The braces or brackets 19 are adjustable relatively to the bars 15 whereby said braces or brackets can be properly set to engage the side walls 3 of the wagon bed or body, and by using end frames, such as shown in Fig. 5, said frames can be easily removed to permit of the side frames being folded inwardly, one upon the other and the end frames placed in the bed or body of the wagon. When in said form the rack can be easily shipped or transported.

Our convertible hay rack and stock crate' is primarily designed as an attachmentto an ordinary wagon bed or body, and it is to be understood that various kinds of materials can be used to provide a strong and durable structure.

What we claim is The combination with a wagon bed, side walls, and adjustable bearings within the wagon bed against the inner sides of said walls and overhanging the upper edges thereof, of sets of parallel bars pivotally SCOTT E. LAMB. ALBION S. TAYLOR.

Witnesses MILTON MEYER, ILL. BORLAND.

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